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Is the Islamic missionary movement the real harbinger of the coronavirus?

Authorities have decided to quarantine 20,000 worshippers who attended the Tablighi Jamaat -- Islamic missionary movement-- gathering in Lahore. Before this development, Raiwand- where the gathering took place- has been declared quarantine and movement in or outside the premises is not allowed. With people from all areas of the country, is this Jamaat the real cause of the spread of the coronavirus in Pakistan?

Pakistan has quarantined 20,000 worshippers and is still searching for tens of thousands more who attended an Islamic gathering in Lahore last month despite the worsening coronavirus pandemic, officials said Sunday.

Authorities said they want to test or quarantine those who congregated at the event held by the Tablighi Jamaat — an Islamic missionary movement — between March 10-12 over fears they are now spreading COVID-19 across Pakistan and overseas.

More than 100,000 people went to the meeting, organizers said, undeterred by government requests for it to be canceled as the virus hit the country.

In northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, authorities have so far quarantined 5,300 Tablighis or Islamic preachers who attended the Lahore meeting.

Pakistan captured and quarantined 20,000 worshippers that went to Lahore

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